Indigo University, the exclusive academy built on Indigo Plateau in the Kanto region that teaches people how to be trainers. But that's not important right now. What IS important, is that today is graduation. Finally after two years of nothing but studying and battling, we can finally leave the school with our own partner Pokémon. Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Luka, Indigo University class of 2013. I'm one of fifty chosen to attend this school, not many get in.

The graduation room is a separate room on its own, so nobody except the principal and parents of past graduates have been in here. It's a large, four sided room, with two large monitors on both sides, one behind us on the stage, and one behind our parents. We don't know what these monitors are for, but I'm sure they're vital to the graduation process.

"Welcome everyone, to the Indigo University class of 2013 graduation!" Headmaster Matsumoto greeted everyone with open arms. "Today is the day that you, students, graduate, and get your own Pokémon!" A Pokémon. I've waited for this since the moment I attended this school, and I already had my choice in my head. An image started to appear on the monitor in front of us, and I guess that would mean the one behind us is starting up too. On the screen, there were pictures of fifty-one Poke Balls. There were fifty of us, so I guess that would lead the last person with two choices, but the first person with 51 choices. Although, the first two people were two guys who knew exactly what they wanted. Like most annoying teenage boys, they wanted the strongest Pokémon possible. Little did they know, considering the fact that they only passed because of some random, and very simple, extra credit project, that the Pokémon they chose were very weak until you actually got them to evolve.

"Beldum!" "Deino!" Those were their choices. I have to admit I knew where they were headed with those. Metagross and Hydreigon are very powerful Pokémon and are often a common choice for most trainers, but not me. I already knew exactly who I was choosing, and lucky for me, his picture was on the screen. So I'm fine unless someone else takes it.

Next up was one of my three friends, Vivika. Her last name started with an A, so she was able to be one of the first people to choose a Pokémon. Now, I know Vivika very well. In fact, the only people that actually know her very well are me, her, and our two friends, Kamilla and Alain. So we were pretty much the only people that weren't shocked when she said:

"Shuppet." The stage filled with gasps. Vivika was shy, yet she really liked dark and spooky things, a big fan of the supernatural. She had light purple hair, and her favorite types included Psychic, Dark, and especially Ghost, so I wasn't surprised that she chose the only Ghost Type Pokémon on there. I heard the kid next to her, someone named Elliot, whisper into her ear:

"Thanks so much! If you had picked Gible, then I wouldn't be able to pick anything else, all the other Pokemon suck, just like that Shuppet!" He ended up getting a Gible, and I know that one day he's probably going to be a great trainer. Believe it or not, this snobby little asshole was the smartest kid in the grade, and the best battler. Vivika was in second for best battler, as long as she had a Pokémon of her typing.

It all went pretty fast, everyone seemed to have a general idea of what Pokemon they would choose. Then, it was my turn. Lucky for me the Pokemon I had wanted wasn't chosen yet, so I was able to get the Pokemon I dreamed of! I said excitedly:
"Ralts!" After I said it I realized how excited I was and stopped bouncing in my seat. The headmaster brought over a Poke Ball, and I did what everyone else did and sent out my new Pokemon!

"Finally! I can't wait to make you into a Gallade and we'll be the best team in the world!"

"Son, that Ralts is female." My dreams, right then and there, crushed. "But it's fine. You never know, having a Gardevior could be much better than a Gallade in the long run." He winked at me, and I was kind of grossed out by it. A Gardevior! There's nothing worse than having a Gardevior! Now I understand why Ralts looked at me with such a confused look on its face when I mentioned becoming a Gallade.

Alain was up after a while. He had thought of it all night, and eventually came up with five choices. Four of them were taken, so he had to go with his number 5:
"Aron, please." He received the Aron and seemed pretty happy with it, but I could tell that he was disappointed he didn't get his first choice, a Cacnea. In fact, Cacnea wasn't even available, but as long as Alain is happy, I'm happy. The list went on and on, and many trainers obtained their new partners. Less Pokemon were available as time went on, then it got down to four choices left. At that point, it was time for Kamilla to choose her Pokemon, and she had a very limited choice.

"Uhh… Snover…" Kamilla liked Ice types, but one of her least favorite types is Grass, so she was sort of 50/50 in choosing Snover. Finally, graduation was over, and we were about to leave until a man from the crowd requested to come on stage. Nobody had seemed to see him ever before, so a lot of us were very confused. He was pretty tall, with dark blue hair and a lab coat on with the sleeves rolled up. He was smiling yet the look on his face made him seem like he had no sleep.

"Good evening. My name is Professor Sycamore, a Pokemon researcher from the Kalos region. I would like to have the following student come forward. Luka I, Vivika A, Elliot B, Kamilla Y, and Alain T." We walked forward, with no idea what was about to come for us. "These five lucky students have chosen very special Pokemon as their partners." He took out a large briefcase, inside were some strange rings and odd looking stones. "You see, I research a special method of evolution called Mega Evolution. These five students happened to choose Pokemon that are able to Mega Evolve. And so, I am granting each of them with a Mega Ring and a Mega Stone." He handed each of us a ring, and handed us stones with very strange colorings. He said mine was called Gardeviorite, strange name if you ask me. Then, graduation was officially over, and we all were about to go our separate ways. Me, Vivika, Kamilla, and Alain all agreed we would be travelling together after graduation, so we already knew the first place we were going.

As we were leaving I stopped, and I just had to say:

"Guys, it's time… to start our very own Pokemon journey!"